An Odd Afternoon in the West Capitol! (OPEN)

United the the three crimefighters now stood, unyielding in the path of the three wrongdoers. This was sure to be a fiery altercation, Aspar felt his blood beginning to pump a little, a second rush of adrenaline began to flow and his fatigue from the previous exchange faded. He stood firm with his left hand still charged with an orb of ki.

“Aspar, follow behind me. Officer, follow after the two of us. I’m going to separate the three criminals…you’ll take the fish. Avoid his electricity; it’ll hinder your ability to focus your ki.”

A few short and sharp directions and the wounded woman was off into the fray as gallantly as ever. It was now up to Aspar and Artilrian to follow suite.

“Right, best of luck to you kid,”

Now, just Aspar. Still with ki buzzing turbulently in his hand, Aspar watched as Tulip separated the villains and Artilrian moved in on his target. Leaving the fish zoan open for Aspar to strike. Time to move.

He broke off the spot into a swift sprint and gripped down onto his wrist with his free hand to render himself extra stability to transport his attack. The eel like man wasted no time in returning to his feet and became promptly aware of Aspar’s closing proximity. Having lost the element of surprise Aspar would have no choice but to fire off his blast and hopefully strike his opponent down once more and move in to engage him. He had to remain cautious of this zoan’s supposed electric capabilities however, perhaps contact wasn’t the best avenue of attack, no matter, there wasn’t time to think this through.

With a vicious ululation Aspar’s left arm slingshotted forward and released his attack upon the amphibious foe of a man. It whipped through the alleyway and in no time had made its way to its mark. With lightning fast reflexes the fish man’s arms shot out abruptly to halt the incoming blast, and with a spectacular flash of light the two met. Deflecting the orb downwards to the stone street allowing it to disperse and die was the intended effect, this was not however the resultant outcome.

In a split second Aspar’s attack was deflected downwards to hit the ground. In an even shorter of a split second it made it’s way back up and through the legs of the zoan enemy, springing back up to continue on it’s path through the alleyway for the moment at present. This was Aspar’s chance.

Seeing the opportunity present itself Aspar quickened his pace beyond the comprehension of his enemies eyes. Momentarily moving from his initial position to directly behind the suited eel, mid-air, catching the deflected orb arduously between his hands and then without hesitating, forcing it down swiftly and mercilessly onto his unsuspecting opponent. The fish man howled in both pain and surprise as his body was snapped back due to the force of the hit. He shot forward some feet before landing in a sorry heap yet again as he had before. Aspar landed with a light rap on the earth below as his sneakers touched down.

Now having time to assess the scene he watched as Artilrian traded blows with the grimy lab coated man, it seemed he had that fight under control despite taking a couple of heavy blows, he appeared to fight with professionalism and poise. He clearly knew his stuff and could handle the weedy crook. Tulip on the other hand had been reduced to her knees and seemed to be losing what could only be described as a generous amount of blood. The much larger tuxedoed man was crouched down over her traumatised body, cigarette in mouth, whispering into her ear, as sadistically as ever.

“Christ…” Aspar muttered in uneasiness, clearly taken off guard by his accomplice’s fearful predicament. His attention was quickly drawn away as he felt a sharp pain hit his gut and drop him to his knees instantaneously. Lifting his head Aspar made out a fishy figure standing domineeringly over him. It appeared the zoan was not down and out for the count as Aspar had previously assumed and had managed to rise to his feet to take Aspar by surprise.

“You pathetic, wretched, little piece of scum,” hissed the fish man. “Little stunts like that are tragic really. That’s your best effort at taking me down? A half-assed little slug to the neck? You’re just a kid aren’t you? I should’ve expected such snide tactics. Let me show you how you really take someone by surprise, a real shocker…”

Before Aspar could muster the strength to rise to feet, he felt his windpipe firmly grasped and the long slimy fingers of the fish zoan lock tightly around his neck. His body was yanked viscously upwards and Aspar was gingerly drawn to his feet. At this point only being able to howl out in protest as Aspar quickly realised what was about to befall him proved fruitless. The black beady eyes of his captor narrowed and a nefarious grin extended across his face. Mercilessly he charged his arm with several thousand volts of electricity and delivered it straight into Aspar.

Aspar’s wailing was muffled by the tight grasp around his neck. He felt the sharp shock surge through his body. At first Aspar felt a burning sensation as it made contact with his skin, this quickly changed to a prologued sharp ache in his joints as the volts transversed up and down his body violently.

“This is my favourite part.” laughed the zoan.

Aspar’s body began to shake uncontrollably as his torture persisted, the fish man continued to apply just enough electricity to agonise Aspar without sending him unconscious or killing him. Escape. That was the only thought in the mind of the distressed boy as he convulsed about wildly. In a matter of seconds his body would be rendered paralysed and Aspar would lose all control. He would then be at the full mercy of the twisted suit, if he wasn’t already now.

“Avoid his electricity; it’ll hinder your ability to focus your ki.” - the words rung derisively in Aspar’s head. He wouldn’t be able to use to ki to escape, he’d had to strike the fish man as best he could. Attempting to steady his quivering body, Aspar gathered his feet below him. The slimy sea warrior seemed undeterred by the young man’s sudden surge of strength and continued with his ruthless assault, continuing to cackle. With a loud grunt Aspar reached his arm up and gripped onto the arm of his aggressor that held him by the throat. He then drew his right leg back with determination and followed up by ramming it laterally into the opposing knee of the fish zoan.

The grip around Aspar’s neck loosened and the electrocution momentarily stopped as the suit keeled over in pain, grasping his knee.

“You dolt!” He cried. It soon became apparent that his grip around Aspar’s throat was no more and the young man alternately now had a firm clasp over his captors arm. With a vengeful smile Aspar curled his fingers around the fish man’s own and sharply snapped his wrist back, allowing the fragile and fine finger bones of his enemy to break and shatter. The fish man cried out in pain once more, this time tears of pain welling up in his eyes. Now having the greasy crook at his full mercy, Aspar calmly reached for his other hand and repeated the action without hesitation. The suited fish dropped to his knees and cradled his shattered appendages dejectedly.

“Now you’ll stay down if you know what’s good for you.” asserted Aspar bearing over the now quivering, shaken man below.

“What was that? You said...you killed him?”

Aspar’s attention was drawn back to the centre of the alleyway. He turned to firstly find Artilrian having subdued his assailant, knocking him out cold onto the floor of the alleyway. He then noticed that Tulip had risen to her feet and began to glow vibrantly with a slick silver aura. She appeared torn and anguished, aggrieved beyond rationalisation. Aspar watched on as did Artilrian. He would’ve liked to drop down onto the smooth concreted surface below to rest his weary body but he knew that this situation required him to be upstanding and ready to act. His shoulders heaved up and down as his breath drew in and out taxingly. For now he waited to see what the young woman had in store for the villain.

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^{[N1] Ki Orb Launched @ 33% (800 PL)}

^{[SU1] Afterimage Launched} 

^{KP Remaining: 1/3}

Artil was about to leap into action to help Aspar as he was being electrocuted, however, thankfully, the kid was resourceful enough to handle his opponent on his own. Once Aspar was free and had subdued the Zoan, he quickly came over with another pair of handcuffs to restrain him as well.
"I'm impressed kid, very well done," he complimented while restraining the eel, "i was about to intervene, clearly i judged too quickly, now, let's get that last one taken out so we can get this mess under control."

He got up and turned around just in time to see to see Tulip hitting the main guy in the back of the head before falling to the ground after having a coin slammed into her shoulder. Even then she still started to get back up, although she looked like hell and ready to collapse. Frankly, Artil was astounded that she didn't pass out.
"Please ma'am, just keep lie down, medical personal should be here shortly," Artil said before moving to restrain the boss while reaching for his radio, "alright, status report. All three threats restrained and neutralized. We need a pick up from, preferably an ambulance as well, over."
"Roger, situation is still chaotic, but we are getting it under control. We will sent it your way, standby," answered the comm officer on the other end.
"Alright, seems the worst is over," Artil sighed and look at the two, "...although now i've jinxed it, haven't i? Whatever, let's try to get this mess sorted out."